Python range() Function - Python Scholar

In this tutorial, we will learn about a fantastic function call python range() function.

What is python range() function?

The Python range() function is used to generate a sequence of numbers. The sequence will start from 0 by default and increment by 1, and stops before a specified number.

Syntax 1:

range(stop)

Syntax 2:

range(start, stop, step)

Based on the syntax, we can see the range is a keyword to implement the range function, and then in between two brackets () we have parameters like start, stop and steps let learn them in detail.

Python range() parameters

start – is used to give an integer to start from which sequence of integer to be returned.

stop – is used to given an integer to stop the sequence with the last number from the number given in stop like stop – 1.
step – integer value which determines the increment between each integer in the sequence.

Let see a basic example of the range() function.

Example of range() function with only stop parameters

x = range(5) # Adding returned value of range function using stop parameters its like start=0, stop=5, step=1

for i in x: # implementing for loop to print the sequence of the range function.

print(i) # printing the i variable from the loop

The output of the program.

As we can see, based on the range function, it is printing the sequence, and as the python index starts from 0, it is only printing it till 4.

Let’s check the type of range() function.

print(type(range(1)))

Output:

Let’s take an example of a python range() function with its all parameters.

number = range(1,5,1)

for i in number:

print(i)

The output of the following program.

We can notice we have given the start parameter 1 in the range() function, so we are getting 1 as an index.

Let’s do some changes to the above program.

number = range(1,10,2)

for i in number:

print(i)

Output:

Reverse Range in Python range() function

We have seen range function examples with increments and now let see how we can make a decrement sequence in the range() function.

We can do reverse range by taking negative value in step parameter.

Example to reverse range in python range() function.

for i in range(15,1,-1):

print(i)

The output of the following program.

Python range() function with While loop

As we have seen an example with for loop, we will see while loop example with range() function.

Example of while loop

number = 1

while number in range(1,5):

print(“Python”)

number += 1

Output:

Python

Python range function in the list

By using a list with a range() function we can directly generate a sequential list quickly.

Let’s check one example.

print(list(range(1,5))

print(typelist(range(1,5))

Output :

[1, 2, 3, 4]

As we can see, we are using the list keyword and adding a range function as a parameter, and it giving us a list with the is number sequence, and then we are checking the type of the same function.

What is python range() function?

Python range() parameters

Reverse Range in Python range() function

Python range() function with While loop

Python range function in the list

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